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Carlo Galli Bibiena
1721-1787
Interior of a Gallery
1750s
Pen and black ink and gray and brown wash over black chalk.
9 5/16 x 12 13/16 inches (235 x 324 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.5
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Notes:
Sheet is framed by an overmount of paper that leaves around 8 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches visible.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and black ink, "Architetto: Carlo Galli D Bibiena e inuentor: e: fecit e: e:".
Watermark: Upper part of Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, (Strasbourg lily). Fragment. (close to, maybe identical with, Gerhard Piccard, Wasseerzeichen Lilie, Stuttgart, 1983, 1362 [Nürnberg, 1755])
Provenance:
William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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Associated names:
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 10, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 39.
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